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Re: DTV illegal in Canada? What is the legal justification? I have a dirctv subscription and updates are streamed via the satellite right to the box. No phone or internet required.
As it's already been stated, there are ways around that if it was required.
With respect to this topic: My "felony intemperance with a business model" doesn't really make me feel like a criminal. I could care less about Bell or Rogers. The CRTC and the Canadian government need to start respecting peoples rights to choose what they watch, read and listen to. They force Canadian content on us at every turn. A lot of it isn't worthy.
Open up the boarders and let the market sort it out. People will choose the better product and the better value. There is very little value in Canadian satellite and cable offerings.
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said by FiReSTaRT:The topic was pretty well covered, but one argument wasn't addressed - "if you pay for it, it can't be illegal." What about crystal meth? You have to pay for that too, but the forces of law and order might have some issues with you having any amount on your person 
I don't want to get into the debate of the drug policy but ask any normal person that you can go to jail if you subscribe to Dish/DTV (nasdaq symbol of directv), they will think it is insane.
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| said by johnkim:Law should make sense and comply with what the society believes to be the acceptable behaviour.
If nothing else, this thread tells you why things are the way they are. It is considered acceptable in Canada, mostly for copyright and licensing reasons, to not allow free access to American satellite signals. You can believe differently, but what you have is the way it is, for good and legitimate reasons.
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said by nitzguy:...You're free to go back to the US . That's what will fly....
Please don't send me back, I promise to behave. 
I wonder though, if I were some minority, and the government didn't allow me to watch programming from my former homeland if that would fly.
said by nitzguy:Cable co X (usually Shaw through what they used to call Cancom) pulls in that signal OTA from somewhere near the US border, uplinks it to their satellite and then downlinks it back to their Cable BDU's, or downlinks it to Shaw's centre in either Mississauga or Calgary I think, and then uplinks that US station back up to F1 or F2R or whatever bird is up there these days....and then your dish is pointed at it and pulls the signal back down....
Very mundane process, but that's how your OTA signal goes, Shaw doesn't directly pay the US broadcaster for this...simply the equipment required to do all this uplink/downlink and conversion...
Are you sure? That sounds pretty low-tech and would only work for OTA networks ( ABC,CBS,NBC,FOX,PBS ). How would they get CNN and the other premium US channels that aren't broadcast OTA if they didn't get a digital feed from the source network? |
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| said by WhaleOilBee:said by nitzguy:...You're free to go back to the US . That's what will fly....
Please don't send me back, I promise to behave. I wonder though, if I were some minority, and the government didn't allow me to watch programming from my former homeland if that would fly. said by nitzguy:Cable co X (usually Shaw through what they used to call Cancom) pulls in that signal OTA from somewhere near the US border, uplinks it to their satellite and then downlinks it back to their Cable BDU's, or downlinks it to Shaw's centre in either Mississauga or Calgary I think, and then uplinks that US station back up to F1 or F2R or whatever bird is up there these days....and then your dish is pointed at it and pulls the signal back down....
Very mundane process, but that's how your OTA signal goes, Shaw doesn't directly pay the US broadcaster for this...simply the equipment required to do all this uplink/downlink and conversion...
Are you sure? That sounds pretty low-tech and would only work for OTA networks ( ABC,CBS,NBC,FOX,PBS ). How would they get CNN and the other premium US channels that aren't broadcast OTA if they didn't get a digital feed from the source network? In regards to your first point...you'd only be able to argue if there was a channel that wasn't available that was only available in the US ...otherwise I think you might have a point...otherwise, there is probably a "Canadian equivalent"...
The process is 'low tech' ...similiar process for non-OTA channels....
CNN in Atlanta posts up to...ugh I can't remember the name of the Sattelite ...
The satellite in question is Galaxy 25. CNN at their uplink centre in Atlanta,GA, uplinks their broadcast signal to the Galaxy 25 satellite sitting at 93.1W in Geostationary orbit @ 0 degrees N. (CNN USA East feed in this instance).
Bell/Shaw Direct have dishes at their downlink/uplink headends that are pointed at 93.1W, and with appropriate equipment and dishes pull the signal down, do their magic with it, and then uplink it back to the appropriate Anik/Nimiq satellite....I'm not figuring where they are going as that's not important  ...
Then your dish is pointed as those satellites, and that's how you pull it into your home....
Isn't technology wonderful? Before we had to use very old and not 100% reliable microwave technology.....not that satellites are 100% fool-proof themselves, mechanical failures and potential solar radiation can damage them and its not like you can send a service guy out to fix them....
CBC's nationwide network was via microwave signal back in the 50s I believe....maybe before that....different way of doing a similiar thing, except every 20km or so they'd have a microwave dish (which looks like a drum if you look at it from the side) and it would repeat and reconstitute the signal and send it to the next microwave tower and so on and so forth....they had to be on complete LOS though otherwise you lost the signal...which is why it made it difficult to bring across the country, especially in places with rugged terrain and with inaccessible hydro...
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said by WhaleOilBee:Are you sure? That sounds pretty low-tech and would only work for OTA networks ( ABC,CBS,NBC,FOX,PBS ). How would they get CNN and the other premium US channels that aren't broadcast OTA if they didn't get a digital feed from the source network?
One of the major uplink sites is in McGregor, ON (just outside of Windsor). That's why you get Detroit stations like WDIV, WXYZ, WBJK, WWJ and WTVS in various parts of Canada. They just grab it OTA with an antenna and uplink it.
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"If one pays for it, how can you say it is illegal?"
Uh.. Do we really have to answer that question? If I pay for a bag of weed does that make it legal?
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| said by battleop:"If one pays for it, how can you say it is illegal?"
Uh.. Do we really have to answer that question? If I pay for a bag of weed does that make it legal?
Already mentionned upthread:
»Re: DTV illegal in Canada? What is the legal justification?
But thanks for coming out.
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| Please show me where this is mentioned ABOVE my reply. Not at the very bottom of the page...
Then again if it makes you feel superior that you have pointed out something that I have missed above my post then by all means continue to gloat.
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said by battleop:"If one pays for it, how can you say it is illegal?"
Uh.. Do we really have to answer that question? If I pay for a bag of weed does that make it legal?
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said by battleop:Please show me where this is mentioned ABOVE my reply. Not at the very bottom of the page...
If you had bothered reading the thread before spouting off you would've noticed this was covered on the last page.
Not that I would prevent from trying to re-visit that angle if you chose to do so.
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| Last page? As far as I can tell this thread this topic is a single page. |
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| said by battleop:Last page? As far as I can tell this thread this topic is a single page.
It's three pages long, this is the third.
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| If you follow the link from the front page there is nothing that indicates there is more than one page to this thread.
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| said by battleop:If you follow the link from the front page there is nothing that indicates there is more than one page to this thread.
I don't know about you, but I see "page: 1 2 3" at the top and botton of the topic. I was wondering why you hadn't read the entire topic, honestly.
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| said by battleop:It appears as a single page.
....something is going screwy for you. I'm seeing it as 3 pages as well. |
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| said by bt:said by battleop:It appears as a single page.
....something is going screwy for you. I'm seeing it as 3 pages as well. He must have something different set in his preferences in his profile. I'm seeing it as 3 pages too. Either way, the distinction between "above" and "a few pages back" is bordering on pedantic when referring to a previous part of the current thread of conversation in a topic.
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| See Topics/Posts per page ... for me this thread is 2 pages long! |
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Simple answer to question. Illegal, yes, will you ever be charged? No. It's like breaking the speed limit. You do 3 over the limit, illegal, yes, will you ever be pulled over and charged, no. Not if your paperwork is in order anyway.
The cheaper prices and better content make US providers look attractive.
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